Asia Kate Dillon

Nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, and trans people have always been around, just as long as any other type of person. ”

We've been socialised and told that there is a way to describe people, and that way is by their gender or their sex. ”

There is still so much acceptance, representation and visibility needed for trans women of color and gender non-conforming people of color. ”

Me feeling ambiguous about my gender identity has been a lifelong feeling, certainly. ”

Some people's gender identity conforms to the sex they were assigned at birth, and some people's identity doesn't. That realization was certainly very freeing for me - and could be very freeing for other people. ”

I think one of the biggest misconceptions is that only gender non-conforming, non-binary, or trans people have a gender identity. But the truth is, everyone has a gender identity. ”

I absolutely think it is more acceptable for people who were assigned female at birth to dress in a typically gender non-conforming way. There was a time when people of all genders had long hair and anyone who wanted to wore jewelry - it was more a sign of status than a sign of femininity, per se. ”

I have disregarded gender when deciding which part to audition for. ”

Because I was assigned female at birth and I am light-skinned, white, I think people hear my message more than they hear it from someone who was assigned male at birth and is a person of colour. ”

I was assigned female at birth. My gender identify is non-binary. ”